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Friday, July 5, 2013

The mould triumphed!

On Wednesday this week
Wakefield Museum had a fascinating talk from Ivan Day, food historian. Ivan informed and
entertained visitors on a talk entitled The Triumph of the Mould as part of the You Are What You Ate project funded by the Wellcome Trust.

Original moulds from Ivan's
personal collection were shown to the audience along with explanations as to
how they were used and what food types would have been moulded within.

One highlight of the evening was
the display of specially made deserts all of which were spectacular not only in
design but in behaviour!

From jelly to cheese and biscuit
to flummery and even ice cream moulds - the array and style of food preparation in the
past leaves has left just a shadow of influence on modern foods.﻿

It is a cameo brooch? No, it's a jelly/flummery! Made in an original 18th century mould

Another 18th century flummery

The wobble on this steeple flummery was astounding! How could a footman presenting this to table keep a straight face?

Beautifully handcarved sugar walnut moulds - put the 2 halves together and hide inside some sweets or a motto!